Question

One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood． Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on． It’s not easy．

The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better． Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope（對付） more easily with stresses of growing up．

In her book Understanding Child Stress, Dr． Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others． This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress; a child who has adequate emotional armor can continue down the path to success． Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy self-awareness．

Why does a likeable child more easily handle stress and do better in his or her life? Because likeability helps create what’s known as a positive feedback loop（回饋圈）． The positive feelings you want to see in other people are returned to you, creating constant encouragement and motivation to deal with the daily stress of life．

This feedback loop continues into adulthood． To return once again to the example of teaching, learning becomes easier with a likeable personality． Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well． Delucchi found that “Students who perceive（察覺） a teacher as likeable, in contrast to（比照） those who do not, may be more attentive to the information that the teacher delivers and they’ll work harder on assignments, and they will learn more．”

You may have noticed this pattern in your own life when you try to give some advice． The more positive your relationship with that person, the more he or she seems to listen, and the more you feel certain that that person has heard you and intends to act on your words．

1.The writer implies in the first paragraph that __________．

A． children are expected much than we usually think         

B． life is not easy for every one of us

C． better education results in smarter children      

D． to be a likable child is almost impossible

2.According to Dr． Leonard, likeable children __________．

A． can cope more easily with stress independently

B． know how to avoid trouble and unpleasant events

C． are always optimistic and ready to help those in need

D． can achieve more and understand themselves better

3.The term “emotional armor” in paragraph 3 means __________．

A． mental support from friends       B． mental support from adults

C． failures in life               D． ability to handle life stress

4.The main purpose of the studies done by Michael Delucchi is to find __________．

A． if a likeable teacher has a positive personality

B． if a likeable teacher draws more attention

C． how a teacher’s likeability gains popularity

D． how a likeable teacher’s teaching style is formed

5.The passage aims at proving that __________．

A． likeable people do better in life generally             

B． likeable people do better in their childhood

C． social creatures enjoy more advantages               

D． likeable people give better advice

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：科學證明活潑討人喜歡的孩子在人生中獲得成功的機率會更大。在本文中作者對此進行了詳細的解釋和證明，比如活潑樂觀的孩子容易得到別人的支持，他們也更加善于調整自己的狀況來應對壓力，由此可知培養(yǎng)孩子開朗樂觀的品質是非常重要的。

1.A推理判斷題。在文章首段One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood中作者用strangely enough表明了在兒童時期孩子們的實際情況不是人們認為的那樣，他們期望的東西要比人們想象的多，所以答案選A。

2.D細節(jié)理解題 。根據(jù)文章第二、三段Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope（對付） more easily with stresses of growing up可以判斷開朗、樂觀、討人喜歡的孩子們會在成長過程中有更多的收獲，答案選D。

3.D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)前面的內容This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress可知樂觀、討人喜歡的孩子具有處理好壓力的能力，而具有應對生活中壓力的能力是成功的關鍵，由此判斷“emotional armor”是指應對生活壓力的能力，故D選項正確。

4.B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well．可知B選項正確。

5.A主旨大意題。文章開頭用兒童時期的要求引出話題The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better．然后再通過研究人員的研究結果來證明樂觀、活潑的孩子能更好地處理生活中的一些狀況，由此判斷作者的寫作意圖是想證明活潑樂觀的人在生活中更能做到游刃有余，故答案選A。

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。